Elizabeth City, March 22—O.E. Jones this afternoon was found guilty of manslaughter in superior court here in connection with the death of Alfred Ferebee, negro farm hand, last December. An appeal was noted after Jones had been sentenced to not more than five nor less than two years in the state penitentiary.
From the front page of the Durham Morning Herald, March 23, 1924
Salisbury Post
We cannot read of the passing of such good friends as W.G. Newell and W.T. Howell without the desire to say a word to their praises. In the days when we were struggling alone with an unprofitable newspaper in the Cabarrus capital and felt the need of friends, there were those who were good and kind and loyal; men upon whom we could turn for a kind word of encouragement, and among these were two men who died during the last week.
W.G. Newell, “Bill” Newell, called by most folks in Cabarrus, and W.T. Howell, who lived his later years in Rowan, were two good, upstanding friends in whom we took delight and in whose death we sorrow.
We will never forget the big laughing faced Esquire Newell, whose roasts we took in the spirit intended, and the quiet, modest Howell, who was satisfied with a small place in the sun. If the day ever comes when some gifted son of old Cabarrus will write of the home characters, he will devote a page or two to Squire Newell, who came out of Number 10, where rich characters grew on practically every farm.
From page 3 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 22, 1924
By the Associated Press
Fayetteville, March 22—A dog carrying a human ankle bone late yesterday led searchers to the body of John Breeze, 70-year-old eccentric, who disappeared from his home on the Fayetteville-Raleigh road near here last September, it became known here today. An inquest was to be held today.
David J. Breece, an uncle of the missing man, noticed the dog carrying the bone, and started the search. The dog led the way to a deep ravine, some distance from the home of Miss Rosa McLean, a niece of the dead man, with whom he lived. There it dug up a human skull.
The body was unearthed, and identified by clothing and other articles as that of John Breece.
The coroner’s jury today rendered a verdict that Breece came to his death as a result of natural causes. The body was buried today.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 22, 1924
Monroe, March 21—Fire here last night at the chicken farm of R.B. Thomas, worker in the Seaboard yards, destroyed the lives of several hundreds of chickens.
Mr. Thomas had just returned from fire was discovered. The alarm was immediately sent in and soon the engines were on the scene. The fire is said to have originated from a brooder.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 22, 1924. A word was omitted in the article; it didn’t say where Mr. Thomas had been before the fire was discovered.
By the Associated Press
Raleigh, N.C., March 22—The live-at-home program begun by North Carolina is meeting with hearty response in the state and is now being adopted by a number of other Southern states, according to B.W. Kilgore, Director of the Extension Service of the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture. Mr. Kilgore is in receipt of letters from five other Southern states commending the plan and requesting all available information about it, so that similar movements could be inaugurated in those states.
Virginia is the latest state to adopt such a plan, Mr. Kilgore said. He has just receive a letter from Professor John R. Hutcheson, Director of Extension Service at Blacksburg, saying:
“Following your lead, we are putting on an ‘Agricultural Independence Campaign’ in this state to begin the first week in April. I have asked the Governor to issue a proclamation I regard to the matter. I am therefore writing to ask tha you send me a copy of the proclamation that the Governor of North Carolina used in regards to your campaign.”
This information has been supplied Professor Hutcheson, together with copies of the North Carolina boll weevil program, enlistment blanks for the live-at-home movement and other material issued by the workers of the State College of Agriculture in furtherance of the movement in North Carolina this year.
Arkansas is also following closely in the footsteps of North Carolina on this project, it is stated. Dan T. Gray, formerly in charge of livestock work in North Carolina, is now Dean and Director of the Extension Service of the former state. The officials of the Arkansas Extension Service have copied the North Carolina enlistment blank and have added two items to the 10 that already appeared on the pledge. T. Roy Redi, Assistant Director of Extension in Arkansas, wrote to Director Kilgore and said:
“In a conference of our supervising agents and specialists, we decided to adopt the plan which is being used in your state so successfully as a part of the program which we put on this year for a ‘Prosperous Arkansas.’ It is our plan to present an honor certificate to the farmers who agree to do eight of the things mentioned in the pledge, and then carries them out. Your courtesy in sending blanks and forms used in your office is appreciated and I am hoping that we may have some measure of success in putting it over; in fact, we hope within the next year or two to have as many or more honor farmers as there are in North Carolina.”
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 22, 1924
